Episode 66: Chapter XV: The Problem of Love and Christianity and Keeping My Faith: A Soliloquy

A short hiatus turned into a clear-eyed look at what this show stands for: celebrating the normal, telling honest stories, and making love a verb. I open up about rescheduling interviews, moving house, and why I’m choosing to weave my own perspective into the conversations you hear—so you know the “why” behind every question I ask.

That takes us straight into the question people keep sending: are you a Christian? I walk through why I stepped away from denominational leadership out of integrity, not resentment, and where I stand on the pulpit-politics divide. We also crack open a supposed feud between faith and science. If curiosity is honest, a geologist’s lifetime of study doesn’t threaten belief; it deepens wonder. The Bible reads like a library of human experience with God, shaped by language and time, and worth approaching with humility rather than fear.

From there, we get practical. Love is not a mood; it’s a form. 1 Corinthians 13 becomes an instruction manual: refuse performative care, suffer with people patiently, and stop keeping ledgers. In marriage, that means serving each other in small, concrete ways—trash out, socks picked up, meals cooked—because service builds trust and endurance. We talk about growing out of childishness while keeping a childlike curiosity, and we sit with the “foggy mirror” of time: how to move with faith and hope when the details are unclear. If culture pushes us toward isolation, the antidote is ordinary kindness. Coach a team, pick up trash, hold a door, forgive the lane change. Quiet service is how love stays real.

If this resonates, stick around. We’ve lined up everyday voices from Santa Cruz—neighbors, strangers, old friends—whose stories remind us why humanity matters. Subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review with one small act of service you’ll try this week.